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• I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queen's on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Men, Self, Wife

  Louisa May Alcott (2014). “Little Women”, p.106, Trajectory Inc

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• More men would be treated like kings if they would only treat their wives like queens instead of servants.

  Randall Wright

  Marriage, Kings, Men

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• Waiting for Prince Charming?" "Aren't all women? And you're waiting for Cinderella." "Actually," Jared said slowly, "I'm rather hoping to find the Evil Queen. I think she'd be much more fun.

  Jude Deveraux

  Fun, Thinking, Evil

  Jude Deveraux (2013). “True Love”, p.95, Ballantine Books

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• There's a deep affection and respect for the Queen and the monarchy in the U.K. But Diana was an extraordinary, iconic figure and her death sparked a fierce reaction, part grief and part anger at her being taken away. It was very fraught.

  Tony Blair

  Taken, Grief, Deep Affection

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• A mortal had woven it, a man who, having caught sight of the Seelie queen, had spent the remainder of his short life weaving depictions of her. He had died of starvation, raw, red fingers staining the final tapestry.

  Holly Black

  Short Life, Men, Sight

  Holly Black (2002). “Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale”, Simon Pulse

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• Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t.'

  John Oliver

  Giving, Faces, Royal

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• Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Happiness, Money, Men

  Louisa May Alcott (1993). “Little Women”, p.97, Wordsworth Editions

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• Canadians should realise when they are well off under the Monarchy. For the vast majority of Canadians, being a Monarchy is probably the only form of government acceptable to them. I have always been for parliamentary democracy and I think the institution of Monarchy with the Queen heading it all has served Canada well.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Thinking, Government, Democracy

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• I love when I get to play these characters that are bigger than life. There are roles in animation that I never get to do in real life - and it appeals to my ego as an actor to play the Queen of Everything. I admit it.

  Virginia Madsen

  Real, Character, Play

  "Virginia Madsen Is Wonder Woman's Queen Hipolyta". movieweb.com. January 07, 2009.

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• Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Beautiful, Dark, Sea

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• The only queen I ever dressed was Eva Perón.

  Christian Dior

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• [On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low.

  Elizabeth I

  Lows, Mary, Scots

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• 'Speak when you're spoken to!' The Queen sharply interrupted her. 'But if everybody obeyed that rule,' said Alice, who was always ready for a little argument, 'and if you only spoke when you were spoken to, and the other person always waited for you to begin, you see nobody would ever say anything, so that - ' 'Ridiculous!' cried the Queen. 'Why, don't you see, child - ' here she broke off with a frown, and, after thinking for a minute, suddenly changed the subject of the conversation.

  Lewis Carroll

  Children, Thinking, Say Anything

  Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• In the empire of desert, water is the king and shadow is the queen.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Kings, Water, Shadow

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• We have all felt those emotions in these last few days. So what I say to you now, as your queen and as a grandmother, I say from my heart.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Grandma, Heart, Grandmother

  Tribute to Princess Diana on the Eve of her Funeral, delivered 9 September 1997, Chinese Dining Room at Buckingham Palace, Westminster

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• The queen banishes Snow White because of her beauty. But the dwarves help Snow White because they're smitten by that very beauty. It teaches kids an important lesson: Nothing matters except for your looks.

  Craig Ferguson

  Beauty, Kids, Dwarves

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• Love, your own witch-daughter, Queen of the Mirror and the Highest Protector of Irony

  Jostein Gaarder

  Daughter, Love You, Mirrors

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.421, Hachette UK

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• Diana: "I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad." Anne: "You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens." [gestures to the setting sun] Anne Shirley: "Look at that. You couldn't enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Summer, Ice Cream, Years

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• I looked at Mum and realized -- twang! -- that she was telling an untruth. A big untruth. And I remember thinking in that instant how thrilling and grown-up it must be to say something so completely untrue, as opposed to the little amateur fibs I was already practiced at -- horrid little apprentice sinner that I was --like the ones about you'd already said your prayers or washed under the fingernails. Yes, I was impressed. I too must learn to say these gorgeous untruths. Imaginary kings and queens would be my houseguests when I was older.

  Christopher Buckley

  Kings, Prayer, Thinking

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• I am said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. About that, of course, I cannot judge because I cannot know. But about the other queens, I know. I am the most beautiful queen in Europe.

  Marie of Romania

  Beautiful, Europe, Judging

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• The biggest surprise was a picture my mom sent me, just about the time that we were about to wrap up the book, of me as a 5-year-old dressed in my first Halloween costume that she made for me. I said, "What's this? I never saw this photo." And she said, "We made you this black-and-orange Halloween costume out of crepe paper" - we were too poor to have fabric back then - "and you wanted to go as the Queen Of Halloween." And I was like, "What?" And she said, "Yeah, the Princess Of Halloween, the Queen Of Halloween, something like that.

  Cassandra Peterson

  Mom, Halloween, Book

  "Elvira on her date with Elvis and the fish recipe she got from Vincent Price". Interview with Katie Rife, aux.avclub.com. October 5, 2016.

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• It is agreed by most men, that the Eele is a most daintie fish; the Romans have esteemed her the Helena of their feasts, and some The Queen of pleasure.

  Izaak Walton

  Food, Men, Cooking

  Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (2014). “The Compleat Angler”, p.151, OUP Oxford

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• I feel like a mother-queen-vampire-Dracula because I want to make more girls so I can have more friends and more girls to play with, you know? For a long time, it was really just me. There were other girls in the niche underground, but not on a world level.

  RuPaul

  Girl, Mother, Play

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Gray is the queen of colors, because she makes everyone else look good.

  Helen Van Wyk

  Color, Looks, Gray

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• The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.

  Vanessa Paradis

  Want, Imbeciles, Knows

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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